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LouisianaHB 1412026 Regular SessionHouse

COURTS: Provides relative to certain information on court filings

Sponsored By: Nicholas Muscarello (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Full birth dates allowed in court filings

Beginning January 1, 2026, Louisiana removes the specific ban on full birth dates in civil and criminal court filings. Filers remain responsible for keeping protected private information out of filings. Restrictions still cover the first five digits of Social Security numbers, tax IDs, state IDs, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. Information protected from disclosure by other laws remains restricted. These rules do not limit information prosecutors must provide under Article 388 of the criminal procedure code.

New filing rules for Louisiana attorneys

Beginning January 1, 2026, attorneys must file covered Louisiana civil and criminal papers in person on paper or electronically. Electronic filings must use a system established by a court clerk or the Louisiana Clerks’ Remote Access Authority. The criminal filing-method rule excludes expungement proceedings. Clerks must adopt electronic filing and storage systems; electronic records are the official records in criminal courts accepting electronic filings. If the clerk accepts an electronic filing, its filing date and time come from the electronic confirmation. Public access to electronic filings follows the rules for paper filings.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Nicholas Muscarello

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 147 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/5/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 1

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 194 without the Governor's signature.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/8/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/7/2026House

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/6/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/5/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/27/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/22/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    4/8/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/7/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/31/2026House

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/30/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    3/26/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/13/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    2/13/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

    2/13/2026House

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